Chapter Four: Ceberus The Hellhound

A/N This is my first story and if your reading it then I hope you enjoy it.

I welcome constructive criticism. But I will send all flamers straight to Tartarus!

Oh my gods! I had been claimed. But not only that I am a child of the Big Three. I am a powerful demigod!

I sat down, but not at the Hermes table, I sat down where I right fully belong. I sat down at the Hades table. Everyone was shocked that I, Rick Morales was a child of the Big Three.

That's when Steven Stood up came over and congratulated me saying "Wow, nice man! A child of Hades." Everyone started clapping and congratulating me. Drew said "Lucky!" while Matt said "I knew it all along!" "Sure Matt whatever you say." I replied and we all started cracking up.

"Ok, ok break it up everyone. Congratulations on being claimed. Also you have a visitor." Chiron said to me. I had a visitor who would visit me? "Who's here?" I asked him. He simply answered "Your dad." "What?!" I blurted out. "Yes, he is by your new cabin an requests to see you immediately." he replied. As I started walking out of the amphitheater Drew, Steven and Matt followed me. "Where are you going?" asked Drew. "I'm going to see my dad." I said as I walked away.

As I approached my new cabin I found that I liked it a lot better than the Hermes cabin, with its black exterior, the skull on the archway over the door and everything about it was better. There didn't use to be a Hades cabin it was recently added to avoid fighting between the gods. When I was close to the cabin I noticed a shadow by the door, it beckoned me closer.

When I was a few feet away the shadow stepped into the light. He was dressed in and all black three piece suit he had black hair and eyes so black he seemed not to have pupils, he looked to be in his thirties but I knew he was much older than that .

"Hello, my son," Hades said "I come to you to tell you that soon you will be in danger and I hope these gifts will help you in the days to come." He pulled out two rings as he said this and handed them to me. "Here are two weapons for you. One is called "Thánatos", which means Death, and transforms into a sword made of Stygian Iron. It will help you channel your powers, summon the dead, and is easier for my children to use. The other ring is called "Ostá", which means Bones, transforms into a shield." I put both rings on my middle fingers and asked "How do I get them to transform?" "All you have to do is touch the bottom of them and they will transform." he answered.

"I also have one more gift for you he is inside." He said as he made his way towards the door. As he was walking it looked as if the shadows clung to his suit. "He?" I asked . "Yes my list gift is a Hellhound cub. He was just born but he grows quickly. Here." He gave me a necklace with a skull on it "All you have to do is think of him and touch this and he will come to your aid."

When I walked in the room I was pounced on by a three feet tall black dog with bright red eyes. "Woah down boy!" I said while he was licking me. "What's his name?" I asked my father. "I have given him none so you could name him yourself. What are you going to call him?" He replied.

Hmmm. What do you call a Hellhound? Spot? Maybe Spike? Nah, I know! "Ceberus!" I yelled out loud. Immediately Ceberus got off me and sat as if he already knew his name. " Ceberus? I like it! Well I'm sorry son but I can't stay for that long, I must take my leave, and I will see you as soon as I can." He said. "Bye. Thanks for everything!" I said just as he disappeared.

I told Ceberus to stay, lay down and sleep which he did immediately, and I checked out my new cabins interior. I turned on the lights. The cabin was made of what looked like obsidian rock and had one bed only right now.

My bed had black covers with gray on it, next to my bed was an obsidian night stand with two drawers with clothes already in them another gift from my dad and a lamp on it. I walked back to the amphitheater.

I met up with Steven, and Matt and they asked "What happened?" I answered "Where's Drew? I don't want to say this twice." "He went to the Apollo cabin." Matt replied.

"Then Lets go get him." I said as I started to walk as we approached the Apollo cabin we saw Drew coming out with a beautiful, golden bow and a golden quiver filled with arrows on his back.

"Hey, I was just going to go find you guys. Look what my dad sent me!" He motioned to the bow and quiver."It's called "Kyr Pló̱ri̱" it means Sun Bow." He said excitedly. "Nice! But look at this."

I pressed Death and Bones and they transformed into a sword and a shield. They were both pure black and made of Stygian Iron. In the middle of the shield there was a silver skull design. And the sword had a skull where the blade and hilt met. Both weapons fit perfectly in my hands like they were crafted for me specially.

"The sword is called "Thánatos", which means Death, and is made of Stygian Iron. It helps me summon the dead and channel my powers and it's easier for children of Hades to use. The shield is called "Ostá", which means Bones, and is also made of Stygian Iron."

"Wow, those are sick." Steven said. "Yea." Matt agreed. "Yea, I know and I have one more gift." I concentrated really hard on Ceberus and then reached toward my neck and touched the skull necklace.

Before I even saw Ceberus I heard my friends gasp and scream and hears theur foot steps as they backed up. "Guys, this is Ceberus. My Hellhound." I said calmly as I petted his head.

"Well" said Matt "both of you guys are going to become stronger now." Why?" Me and Drew asked at the same time. Steven answered "Because the more a demigod know about himself the stronger you get."

"Really?" I asked. "Yep" Matt said. "Well, I don't know about you guys but I'm tired." "Yea, me too." Drew agreed. "Right. I' going to go back to my cabin". I said transforming my weapons to their original state.

I headed back towards my cabin feeling the happiest I've been in a while with Ceberus following closely at my heels. I stepped into my cabin, locked the door behind me and started stripping down to my boxers.

I laid down and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was out cold. That night I had a dream. It was my first demigod dream.

Us demigods don't have normal dreams, our dreams have meanings to them.

We were in a cave. Drew, with his bow was shooting at a huge lion from afar, while Matt was battling it up front.

Behind the huge lion me and Steven were dueling a creature that has two heads one of them was a lion's while the other head was a goat's.

It had the body of a lion and a goat mixed and had a snake for a tail.

Behind all of us there was a snake woman watching the battle.

Just then the lion Matt and Drew were fighting landed a blow on Matt and he cried out in pain. I turned around and the creature saw a chance to strike at me I turned around but it was too late.

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